Episode 15: Donald Day Jr.

About this episode

This episode discusses the arrest of Donald Day Jr. and the evidence against him in relation to federal charges.

A year after the Wieambilla shootings, on the other side of the world, FBI agents swarmed a petrol station in a remote Arizona town, making a dramatic arrest and revealing the man behind the name “Don”. Donald Day Jr. is now heading to trial on five federal charges and the evidence against him has been laid bare in new court documents; disturbing videos praising the Trains, online comments boasting about being “an x-con, who’s armed to the teeth”, and the cache of guns found at his home. In this episode, U.S Correspondent Jonathan Kearsley breaks down the evidence and how rejected plea deals, and attempts to throw out the charges, have drawn out this case. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Kearsley

Topics covered

• true crime
• federal charges
• court documents
• evidence analysis
• criminal trial

Keywords

• Donald Day Jr.
• FBI
• Wieambilla shootings
• federal charges
• court documents
• evidence
• criminal trial

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI

Places: Arizona

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